Aberdeen: Musicians visit famed violinist

April 25, 2008|From staff reports

Today and Saturday, members of the Aberdeen Central High School Orchestra and members of the Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony will travel to Sioux Falls to participate in a residency with Midori, the famed violinist. The students will attend a master class with Midori, perform at an orchestra exchange concert, listen to the dress rehearsal of the SDSO with Midori, and play in a massed high school orchestra, which will be conducted by Northern State University orchestra director Robert Vodnoy. According to Vodnoy, string students at NSU and Central “are really looking forward to being part of this Midori residency. The director of the high school orchestra, Dan Witte, and I have put together an orchestra consisting of members of the high school orchestra combined with members of the Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony to make a 45-member orchestra especially for this trip. "This will be a great opportunity for them to listen to a fabulous violinist like Midori share her insights into music and string playing, and to make music with hundreds of other high school students from around the state who are also participating. This is a special occasion and we are grateful to the SDSO, the youth orchestras of Sioux Falls, the various funding sources, and the Sioux Falls public schools for making it possible." For more information, call (605) 335-7933.